Bad woman, join the hunt tonight

“There are so many children.”

Just as Li said, the yard here seems to be well maintained. Through the railings, you can see children playing inside. In addition, there are old people basking in the sun under the eaves, and they look quite comfortable.

"Who are you? Are you here to look for Mother Aponya?"

Qianjie's Ultraman mask obviously attracted the attention of some children. They went behind the railing one by one and stared at him curiously.

"Aponia?" This made Ran Li's heart move. If she remembered correctly, this name had appeared in the forum.

Since he can appear in the forum, it means that Aponia at least lived to the next era and had an impact on the main storyline.

And in Li's mind, this means - the strategy target plus one!

"Excuse me, kids. Could you please help me call that mother Abonya over here?" Li squatted down, looked at the kids in the railing with a smile, and said softly, "I have something to tell her."

Li had already left the headquarters, so the Fire Moth's superiors would not give him a wrong address and use such a meaningless trick to disgust him. And the location written on the title deed was undoubtedly here, so Li did not think he would go to the wrong place.

Then there is only one possibility left - this mother Aponia seems to be using the Fire Moth's territory to run this place like a sanatorium.

Before, the Fire Moth could not reach into Dusk Street at all. The indigenous people were very hostile to official organizations like the Fire Moth, and of course no one would care about this behavior of encroaching on the interests of the Fire Moth.

But now that Li is here, things need to be explained.

Although he had only glanced around the yard a few times, what he observed was enough for Li to roughly estimate the situation of the sanatorium.

Although the children looked clean and polite, they were not physically strong. The clothes they wore were carefully altered, but still showed signs of mending. They were obviously old clothes collected from different places and altered in size. In addition, whether it was the children's toys or the chair the old man was lying on, they all showed signs of cheapness and patchwork.

The economic situation of this place is probably worrying. It might be a public welfare nursing home.

But no matter how public welfare-oriented it is, occupying the Fire Moth's land is a crime... Does this count as coming to collect debts?

A big company sent vicious thugs to a public welfare nursing home run by a beautiful lady, saying that this was their land and demanded that the lady and everyone in the nursing home leave immediately...

This scene is so classic, but it’s a pity that I seem to be the villain.

I have no experience in debt collection, so I can't say something like 'Ms. Abonya, you don't want the children in the nursing home to be homeless, do you?'

This kind of gangster-like life seems to be more suitable for Qianjie. If he puts on a more ferocious mask and sits there, most people will probably obediently hand over the protection fee...

It's a pity that I have to improve his favorability first, otherwise if I really become a debt collector coming here to collect land, I'm afraid I can get a lot of power from this Abonia.

However, the children in the nursing home certainly didn't know that this gentle and beautiful sister was already planning how to attack their mother Abonya. They just thought that this sister had a very nice voice, and they all volunteered to help her call Abonya.

"Sister, why is that uncle wearing a mask?"

"Well, it should be the custom over there, right?"

"What's that mask he's wearing? It looks so funny!"

"That's the mask of the great hero Ultraman. I carved it myself. Don't you think it looks great?"

Li squatted in front of the door and played with the children with a smile on his face. During the conversation, he learned that these children usually had no entertainment activities at all. Most of them were orphans or people who were brought back by Abonia after they fell ill.

Ultraman is a well-known figure in the outside world, but for these children in Dusk Street, they have never heard of him.

But compared to the children's lack of spirit, she noticed another more dangerous thing. Although the children said there were many sick children, the people she saw moving around in the courtyard were all healthy.

This question would certainly arouse Li's curiosity. Although Aponiya seemed to have told these children not to reveal the news to the outside world, under the power of the charm language, these children quickly told everything they knew like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

Those who were sick were not allowed to contact other people or leave the nursing home, but some children had secretly visited those people’s rooms and found that—

"Hello, I'm Aponia." Just when Li was about to hear the key information, a gentle voice stopped the child from talking, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Although he heard the voice before seeing the person, an idea popped into Li's mind the moment he heard the voice.

Oh no, it’s the same type of talk therapy as mine!

Volume 184: Faith Extinguishes in Civilization: Chapter Chapter Madam, You Don’t Want to…

Long light blonde hair, a gentle face, and a figure that cannot be concealed even by loose and simple clothes... Even in this world where everyone is good-looking, this Abonia is undoubtedly a beauty.

But for Li, these are not the key points. After all, although the opponent is beautiful, he is not much worse. At best, his front armor is slightly weaker than the opponent.

What Li cared about was the subtle feeling she got when she heard Abonya's voice just now. The moment she heard the other party asking the question, she actually had an urge to open her mouth and answer the other party immediately.

Although this feeling was not strong and was fleeting, it was impossible for Li herself to have such an illusion. She was sure that she was not answering the question out of politeness, but an interference from the outside world - the words of this Abonya had a power that made people want to obey unconsciously.

If Li himself had not used this kind of skill to have a strong control over his own mind, he might have already told the purpose of his visit clearly, just like those children he had just tricked.

This magical power derived from words is obviously similar to Li's own trait [Charming Language]. The main difference between the two is that Aponia's voice seems more commanding and persuasive, while Li's language tends to increase favorability and incite emotions.

Although the other side seemed to be more powerful, Li still felt that Mei Yu was more suitable for him. After all, the commands and persuasion in the words were too easy to be detected, especially when facing each other, especially for someone like him who was good at spiritual things. Not only would he be on guard, but it would also make it difficult to improve his favorability or even reduce it, which was really not worth it for Li.

"Ms. Aponya, I understand your desire to protect the children..." Li stood up and looked at Aponya through the door, "But it's not very polite to do something like this all of a sudden, isn't it?"

Li's actions made Abonya instantly realize that the person in front of him was not affected by his words like other people. He even noticed it and felt offended.

"I'm really sorry, but please believe that this is not my intention. It's just that this power that accompanies me is beyond even my control..."

Aponiya bowed his head to Li apologetically, then patted the heads of the children around him and said, "Everyone go play first. I have something to say to this sister."

Even if his strength was not considered, Abonya's reputation in the sanatorium was still very high. With one order, the children immediately scattered. Abonya opened the door of the sanatorium without any haste, and invited Li and Qianjie to come in: "It is too rude to let guests stand outside. If you don't mind, please come in and sit down."

"Then we'd be remiss to refuse." Li smiled and walked in nonchalantly, while Qianjie followed behind her like a silent guard.

It’s just a pity that the Ultraman mask on his face makes him look too funny.

Dusk Street was a dangerous place. No one knew if a bunch of armed desperadoes would pop out of a seemingly ordinary nursing home in the next second. However, Li didn't have to worry about this problem at all. With her and Qianjie's strength, unless they invited Kevin and Alicia from the Fire Moth, it would be a pipe dream to defeat them.

However, this terrible situation did not happen. Aponia simply invited them to a room in the sanatorium that served as a reception room, and after the two sat down, she thoughtfully made tea for them.

"You two don't look like people from Twilight Street... I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"

"Ah, this..." Li smiled and took a sip of the tea that Aponya made himself, not worrying about whether it was poisonous. "It's something related to this sanatorium."

Well, his tea-making skill is pretty good, but it's a pity that the quality of the tea is not as good as the tea specially supplied to the top management of the Fire Moth that he got from Mei.

"Miss Aponya, are you supporting this nursing home alone? It must be very hard, right?" Li glanced at the scene outside the window and smiled, "Whether it's financially or taking care of these children and the elderly, it must be difficult."

"Many people outside will help, so we can still hold on." Aponiya said softly, "Are you two here to adopt a child?"

The sanatorium takes in many orphans, so occasionally someone would come and want to adopt a child... Although some people have bad intentions, generally speaking, with the help of Aponia's abilities, there is no need to worry about the children falling into the devil's den.

The two of them were about the same age. Could it be that they were also a couple with health problems who came here to adopt a child? Although my ability was ineffective against this lady, they both didn't look like bad people... But was it necessary for people from Dusk Street to go to such a dangerous place to adopt a child? Apolonia had doubts in her mind.

"Adopt a child? Hahaha, Miss Abonya, you are quite humorous~" Abonya's amazing imagination made Li laugh. She laughed out loud, which was unusual for her. "No, no, no, you think too much. Qianjie and I are not husband and wife."

It's a pity that Kevin and the others were not there. Otherwise, this misunderstanding would have caused a lot of energy!

"No, sorry..." Abonya's face turned slightly red until she made a big mistake.

"Well, okay, I won't keep you in suspense... Let me introduce myself, my name is Li, this is my friend Qianjie, and we're here on a business trip... following an order from the company." After all, this is Dusk Street, a place that resists official forces, and Li didn't want to create any unnecessary twists and turns, so he didn't directly mention the name of the Fire Moth.

"I see. Dusk Street is indeed not peaceful, especially for outsiders. You two should pay attention to your safety."

"There's no need to worry about the safety of the two of us, but we've encountered some problems..." Li smiled and took out the real estate information that the Fire Moth had prepared for him from his handbag and pushed it in front of Abonya, "Miss Abonya, why don't you take a look first?"

“…What is this?”

Li noticed that after reading the information, Abonya's usually calm expression finally showed a rare hint of helplessness.

"Ms. Aponya..." Li crossed his legs and showed a villain-like smile on his face: "You seem to be illegally occupying our company's land~"

Volume 185: Faith Extinguishes in Civilization: Chapter Chapter : Evil Woman

Aponya is obviously a kind and moral person, as can be seen from the fact that she established a nursing home to help so many children and the elderly. This quality is obviously quite rare in Dusk Street, which is full of lawless criminals.

But now her high quality obviously brought her some troubles. For example, although this letter had legal effect, no one would pay attention to it in Dusk Street. If it was given to those lawless lunatics, it might be thrown away as waste paper, but here in Aponya, it made her feel uneasy.

"How could I...?"

"As you can see, Miss Aponya, the place you use to build the sanatorium is the property of our company..." Li's mouth was hooked with a vicious arc, and the feeling of teasing people is always so interesting, "So theoretically speaking, we need to ask you and everyone here to leave--"

"Please, please don't do this!" Aponia leaned forward anxiously upon hearing this, and even the heavy front armor began to shake.

Li frowned and rubbed his temples gently: "Ms. Abonya, although I don't think you need me to explain, but this ability doesn't work on me, okay?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Aponiya sat back awkwardly. As she let go of her excitement, the power of her words increased, but it obviously still had no effect on Li.

Although Aponya grew up on Dusk Street, she was not from a wealthy family, let alone one that could afford to buy such a large building as the site of a nursing home.

This building was given to her voluntarily by a certain outlaw. Although this evil man soon returned to the arms of the Lord, no one else had set their sights on this remote sanatorium.

Aponya didn't think it was a bad thing to borrow a building from a bad guy who wanted to do something to him and use it to help others in need.

Of course, she also knew that the assets in the bad guy's hands were most likely not obtained through legitimate means, but there were too many such things in Twilight Street, and the original real owners had basically disappeared from the world long ago, so there was no need to worry about anyone asking for them.

Therefore, when the real owner of the land came to him, Aponya didn't know what to do. Unlike the lawless maniac, Li and Qianjie didn't show any malice in front of him. They looked like good people. It would be evil to use force on them. And the power of his words was ineffective against Li.

And Mr. Qianjie doesn't seem to be a simple person. If he really forcibly refuses to recognize the deed and causes a conflict, everyone in the sanatorium...

"Excuse me...what do you want?" Aponya asked nervously, "Can you not take this place away? Maybe, at least give us some more time...Please, if possible, if you need me to help you with something..."

"Oh? You're willing to do anything?"

"......Um."

Looking at Aponia who was obviously at a loss, Qianjie turned his head away silently.

This guy Li started to tease people again.

Although this woman usually looks gentle and steady, she sometimes likes to play some very bad jokes on people, and she will not be happy until the other person is completely confused.

She had once teased the man named Kevin about the fact that he was living in that Mays' dormitory, and she spoke vaguely on purpose, making the other party think that she was going to live in the same room with him. It was not until the other party became so anxious that he jumped up and down that she explained it clearly with a smile.

The same thing happened now. Qianjie was sure that Li had no intention of taking over this sanatorium from the beginning, but she was deliberately making fun of this Abao.

What a horrible woman! How could anyone like her?

But it's not a big problem. She does help others more in her daily life... Maybe she has accumulated too much pressure and needs something to release it occasionally, just like she uses fighting to vent her emotions.

Qianjie silently adjusted the angle of his mask.

If you think about it carefully, it's not her fault that these people were teased. After all, what she did for these humans was far more important than just making a few jokes...

Qianjie’s guess about Li was partly correct, she was indeed making fun of Aponia now - come on, it’s super fun to watch a gentle and steady big sister panic and be at a loss, okay?

But having fun is only a small part of the reason. What is more important is that Li is paving the way for Aponia's favor.

It is indeed a good method to improve favorability step by step, but sometimes, using some tricks can greatly increase the speed of improving favorability, such as the classic operation of first suppressing and then promoting.

After "Miss, you don't want everyone in the nursing home to be homeless, do you?" and "Please, I'm willing to do anything!", according to the normal development, it is time to make one's own conditions - but obviously, Li does not need Aponya to do anything for him.

All Li needed was Aponia to be in the current situation. Now that she was forced into a corner, Aponia's negative emotions had obviously risen. At this time, as long as he showed kindness to her who was ready to accept the malice...

"Since you are willing to do anything, then..."

Li's smile grew more sinister, and Aponya's emotions grew more tense.

"Then please prepare two rooms for me and Qianjie~"

"Okay...eh?"

Aponia, who had already prepared for the other party to use her abilities to do something sinful, raised her head blankly: "Prepare the room...?"

"After all, our job requires us to stay here, but the base has now become a sanatorium, so I'll have to trouble you to vacate two rooms for the two of us."

Li smiled gently, and the gloomy expression on his face had completely disappeared. "There are so many children and elderly people here, it must be inconvenient for you to take care of them all by yourself. We are usually quite free at work, so we can help you."

"You can keep the deed. I don't think the company will ask for it again... But please don't chase Qianjie and me away. After all, we really have no other place to stay."

"...Thank you very much."

Abonya felt relieved and felt truly grateful to Li.

[Detected that the target Aponia's favorability has increased, current favorability: 4]

[Current target charging efficiency: 360%]

nice~

Volume 186: Faith Extinguishes in Civilization: Chapter Chapter : Those who steal will always be stolen

After staying in Dusk Street for a while, Li was surprised to find that it was quite comfortable to stay in this place.

There is no need to consider the various tricks of the superiors, nor to be ready to attack and fight against the collapse. Nowadays, Li lies in the sanatorium every day, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and does not need to do anything. Occasionally, when he is in the mood, he will go to tell stories to the children in the sanatorium, and successfully become the king of children.

Unfortunately, these kids can't provide much energy, so it's just better than nothing.